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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have started to tag such things missing-gal-tool on the bug tracker. Feel
free to creat new tickets with this tag when you notice tools or features
that have not been ported and should be.
Den 17/12/2015 22.42 skrev "Jean-Paul Louis" <louijp@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Is there a place where we can find the list of features that are Legacy
> only?
> That should help to focus on porting those features to GAL / Cairo.
>
> Just my $0.02,
> Jean-Paul
> N1JPL / ex AC9GH
>
> > On Dec 17, 2015, at 2:39 PM, Timofonic <timofonic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Are there plans to make an official deadline to make KiCad GAL-only
> deadline and remove the legacy code?
> >
> > View to encourage the implementation of missing features in GAL vs
> Legacy Canvas?
> >
> > Can ir be made usable in low end platforms without crippling
> functionalities and make good use of the advantages of higher end systems?
> I imagine using KiCad on a very low power ARM/MIPS device, or even a
> phone/tablet if the UI could be adapted to make it usable.
> >
> > What about systems lacking 3D acceleration? Are those going to be not
> supported after total GAL tension? Are there some planning to make an
> alternative renderer with low CPU platforms and usable on slow hardware
> from embedded platforms to old desktops?
> >
> > On December 16, 2015 4:45:42 PM CET, "Nick Østergaard" <
> oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I was thinking it could just be a small description in on of the blog
> > posts, alternatively an addition to one of the existing ones or just a
> > completely new one.  GAL versus default.
> >
> > 2015-12-16 16:40 GMT+01:00 Mark Roszko <mark.roszko@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >  That's something that should be in the documentation not website. We
> >  shouldn't be keeping documentation in two places.
> >
> >  On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >  I think this is good, partly because I think calling it legacy canvas
> >  is more accurate (hence that is what I have called it always) and it
> >  is a stronger indicator that it is deprecated. On a side note to this,
> >  I think
> > we might need to actually describe a bit better what the
> >
> >  difference is on the kicad website, but I am really bad at doing such
> >  things so I have not done it. I guess a lot of newcomers could easily
> >  become confused.
> >
> >  2015-12-16 15:45 GMT+01:00 Simon Wells <swel024@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >  Due to the "Default Canvas" being called the "Legacy Canvas" is it not
> time
> >  to change it in kicad. The current naming of Default canvas also is a
> bit
> >  confusing as you would normally see the "Default" one listed as its
> name as
> >  well.
> >
> >  The patch i have attached changes all references to Default canvas that
> i
> >  could find, and also changes the enums to CANVAS_LEGACY from
> CANVAS_DEFAULT
> >
> >
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